Lucian of Samosata, writing around 165 AD - roughly the same time as Justin was penning his First Apology to Antoninus Pius - in a work called "The Passing of Peregrinus" states:
Even in 165 he had a part of the story but not the name "jesus." Amusingly, it seems that his early xtians got over that "despising" of all worldly goods. Now the fuckers grab anything they can get their mitts on.
Quote:The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day—the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account. … You see, these misguided creatures start with the general conviction that they are immortal for all time, which explains their contempt of death and voluntary self-devotion which are so common among them; and then it was impressed on them by their original lawgiver that they are all brothers, from the moment that they are converted, and deny the gods of Greece, and worship the crucified sage, and live after his laws. All this they take quite on faith, with the result that they despise all worldly goods alike, regarding them merely as common property.[2]
Lucian, The Passing of Peregrinus
Even in 165 he had a part of the story but not the name "jesus." Amusingly, it seems that his early xtians got over that "despising" of all worldly goods. Now the fuckers grab anything they can get their mitts on.
